viernes, 18 de noviembre de 2016

The formation of self
and the individual’s place in a turbulent society are among the key themes
reflected in the work of the artists selected for the 2017 Whitney Biennial.
The exhibition includes sixty-three participants, ranging from emerging to
well-established individuals and collectives working in painting, sculpture,
drawing, installation, film and video, photography, activism, performance,
music, and video game design.

With a history of
exhibiting the most promising and influential artists and provoking intense
debate, the Whitney Biennial—the Museum’s signature exhibition—is the most
important survey of the state of contemporary art in the United States. The
Biennial, an invitational show of work produced in the preceding two years, was
introduced by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney in 1932, and it is the only
continuous series of exhibitions in the country to survey recent developments
in American art. This will be the first presentation
of the Biennial in the Whitney’s new downtown building at 99 Gansevoort Street,
and it will be curated by Whitney associate curator Christopher Y. Lew and
independent curator Mia Locks.

The show, which opens March 17 and runs until June 11.

Whitney Museum of American Art. Photograph by Nic Lehoux

2017
BIENNIAL ARTISTS

Zarouhie Abdalian - Born 1982 in
New Orleans, LA Lives in New Orleans, LA